[News] Charging guests for Christmas dinner

[Frutos]

Cardiff grandmother charges family for Christmas dinner

Some think Caroline is a "Scrooge" for charging her family-of-12 but she says it is "fair".

www.bbc.co.uk

This lady charges her children and grandchildren for the Christmas dinner she's cooking them - thoughts?

Personally I'd never dream of inviting someone for a meal, Christmas or not, and charging for the privilege.

I appreciate her point that costs have gone up, but surely you just adjust plans accordingly as we all have to?

 

[Springal]

Would never charge - but if she’s cooking for 12 I’d probably suggest people all bring some form of food / drink for throughout the day ? Or don’t invite 12 people round

 

[jamie (not that one)]

Surely she can overcook a turkey on her own and everyone else just brings sides or drinks.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Obviously it’s tasteless. In addition we are guests at our daughter’s for Christmas dinner……

 

[Popeye]

As @Springal says, it would come off better to everyone if she just mentioned to maybe some of them bring something along to help. Or if it costs too much, then just don't do it to begin with. My family always eat's together, and we all bring a dish to defray costs if you will. This just has her coming off as a bit of a bitch to be honest.

 

[Shooting Star]

Sounds fair if everyone pitches in a tenner. I wouldn’t say no if someone asked me to do that.

 

[Easy 10]

Taking cash off my friends/family if they've been invited round for dinner would just be WEIRD.

We often get together for barbecues, and I always say I'll have all the basics in (burgers, chicken, hot dogs) plus I'll usually do some home-made kebabs and other odds and sods, but if they want anything else in particular then bring it along and I'll cook that too. Job done.

Actually CHARGING your guests for it though ? Nah. You'd be a strange person to feel the need to do that. I'd be embarrassed.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Cardiff grandmother charges family for Christmas dinner

Some think Caroline is a "Scrooge" for charging her family-of-12 but she says it is "fair".

www.bbc.co.uk

This lady charges her children and grandchildren for the Christmas dinner she's cooking them - thoughts?

Personally I'd never dream of inviting someone for a meal, Christmas or not, and charging for the privilege.

I appreciate her point that costs have gone up, but surely you just adjust plans accordingly as we all have to?

Is the real story here, how exactly this come to the attention of the BBC and why it’s considered newsworthy? Cost of living undertones obviously but even so?

Is one of the family members a whistleblower for this out of control behaviour?

 

[maffew]

Charging your grandkids 2.50 is particularly weird. Dont host it if you cant afford it.

 

[maffew]

Bet she makes the guests wash up too

 

[Guinness Boy]

For years we would get together as a family before Christmas to see my brother, mum and step dad before mum headed to either London or France for Christmas. Six adults, three older kids. Although my brother would host we'd all bring stuff round. Typically I'd cook a gammon and bring some cheese, bruv would do a range of salads, snacks and desert and mum would take care of the wine. Simple really.

 

[Sussexscots]

Michael O'Leary says yes.

 

[Swansman]

I would never do that but can't really judge someone doing it at this point when a lot of people struggle with money. Sharing the costs might be a necessity right now in some families. Not everyone has a rich uncle who could host it if they can not afford it themselves.

 

[Bozza]

Is the real story here, how exactly this come to the attention of the BBC and why it’s considered newsworthy? Cost of living undertones obviously but even so?

Is one of the family members a whistleblower for this out of control behaviour?

It feels like variations of this story comes up every year...

2021: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/17044989/woman-sister-in-law-wants-charge-for-christmas-dinner/

2020: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/13421850/mum-charges-guests-christmas-dinner-including-kids/

 

[prawnsarnies]

Does she charge by the pea?

 

[Stato]

I reckon that with roast turkey and all the trimmings, beer and wine, pop for the kids, desserts and crackers, her family are still getting their dinner subsidised. Add on that she presumably does the cooking and has to clear up her house afterwards and it seems a reasonable arrangement to allow fair cost sharing and the whole 12 of them to get together. It's not a news story.

Now if she was charging them, but was one of those mad people who would insist on everyone eating sprouts whilst maintaining that Yorkshires are not part of a Christmas dinner, then you'd have a story and I would be contacting Amnesty on behalf of her kids.

 

[clapham_gull]

Far easier for the other relatives to say don't buy us a present.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Far easier for the other relatives to say don't buy us a present.

Far easier for her intended guests to tell her to fuckrightoff and go somewhere (anywhere) nice for xmas instead

 

[surrey jim]

At what level of charging will your mother in law say its too much and not bother to come over?


^Asking for a friend obviosuly

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Would she have been paid by the BBC for this story, happy to have helped if this was the case as a silent investor?